KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has announced the recipients of the 2024-25 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing achievement in the classroom by men’s college basketball teams and individual players.
Six CCAA teams and 42 student-athletes earned distinction and recognition from the NABC in 2024-25.
Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State East Bay, Cal State San Bernardino, San Francisco State, and Stanislaus State collected NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards after completing the academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.
The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball student-athletes who finished the 2024-25 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. Cal State East Bay led the way with 11 honorees. San Francisco State had seven selections and Cal State Dominguez Hills placed six on the team. Stanislaus State, Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State San Bernardino had five selections apiece. Chico State rounded out the list with four members of the NABC Honors Court.
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The NABC’s academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball.
“Education is one of the NABC’s five core values, and we are proud to recognize the academic accomplishments of these programs and individual student-athletes across our sport,” said
NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. “The dedication and hard work of these athletes, along with their coaches and support staff members who prioritize academic success, deserves to be widely celebrated.”
Over 2,400 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and nearly 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2024-25. A full list of Honors Court recipients is available by clicking here, and the following programs earned Team Academic Excellence Awards:
NABC Team Academic Excellence Award Winners
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal State Dominguez Hills
Cal State East Bay
Cal State San Bernardino
San Francisco State
Stanislaus State
| Cal Poly Pomona |
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| Caleb Nelson |
Business-Finance/Real Estate/Law |
| Kevin Simeth |
Industrial Engineering |
| Michael Ofoegbu |
Business-Finance/Real Estate/Law |
| Shyheim Parm |
Business-Computer Information Systems |
| Zachary Broadous |
Business-Accounting |
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| Cal State Dominguez Hills |
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| Alex Garcia |
NCRP |
| David Cheatom |
NCRP |
| DJ Guest |
Education |
| Jeremy Dent-Smith |
Communications |
| Josh Ramirez |
Kinesiology |
| Za-Ontay Boothman |
Business |
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| Cal State East Bay |
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| Blessing Nwotite |
Business Administration |
| Chase Page |
Business Administration |
| Damajae Sanders |
Business Administration |
| Denis Kadiric |
Criminal Justice/Sociology |
| Ipreye Egbe |
Computer Science |
| Jason Ernest-Mpi |
Psychology |
| Matthew Villanueva |
Health Sciences |
| Maxwell McCall |
Economics/Computer Science |
| Ramsey Huff |
Business Administration |
| Teiano Hardee |
Criminal Justice |
| Tyree Campbell |
Communication |
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| Cal State San Bernardino |
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| Evan Oliver |
Career and Technical Education |
| Giordan Williams |
Career and Technical Education |
| Joshua Adoh |
Career and Technical Education |
| Kailen Rains |
Administration - Management |
| Lynn Alijah Washington |
Psychology |
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| Chico State |
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| Caden Harris |
Business |
| Isaiah Kerr |
Psychology |
| Maxwell Walters |
Business Finance |
| Taylor Keating |
Concrete Management |
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| San Francisco State |
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| Alex Gilat |
Business |
| Caden Flowers |
Business-Marketing |
| Caleb Oden |
Business-Marketing |
| Devon Jackson |
Education |
| John Bakke |
Business-Marketing and Decision Sciences |
| Parsa Hadjighasemi |
Chemistry |
| Tyjean Burrell |
Communications |
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| Stanislaus State |
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| Jason Cibull |
Business Finance |
| Jeremiah Jones |
Pre-Nursing |
| Jordan Smith |
Business Administration |
| Mahda Fallay |
Psychology |
| Tahjae Ordonio |
Communications |